Comments on: The Simpsons Are Going To England! http://www.mattsimpson.ca/2006/11/29/the-simpsons-are-going-to-england The eTales of Matt Simpson Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:08:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt Simpson http://www.mattsimpson.ca/2006/11/29/the-simpsons-are-going-to-england/comment-page-1#comment-5144 Matt Simpson Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:03:55 +0000 http://www.mattsimpson.ca/2006/11/29/the-simpsons-are-going-to-england/#comment-5144 Just a follow up while I clicked on this link. I did get my card back from Seagate. They actually accidentally shipped me the 8GB model, which I normally wouldn't complain about; however, it's still slow as hell in my Rebel XT so I don't use it. I'd imagine it works just fine for other things, but I'm not going to fight with it anymore. Besides, I decided something... Bigger isn't always better! If I use an 8GB CF card, I can store 4000 pictures on a single card. If I use that card and go away, then lose my camera or something happens to it, then I've lost _all_ of my pictures. If I have 8 1GB cards, then I only lose a small percentage. Meh. Oh well... expensive lesson I suppose. Hopefully someone on eBay will have a use for it. Just a follow up while I clicked on this link. I did get my card back from Seagate. They actually accidentally shipped me the 8GB model, which I normally wouldn’t complain about; however, it’s still slow as hell in my Rebel XT so I don’t use it.

I’d imagine it works just fine for other things, but I’m not going to fight with it anymore. Besides, I decided something… Bigger isn’t always better! If I use an 8GB CF card, I can store 4000 pictures on a single card. If I use that card and go away, then lose my camera or something happens to it, then I’ve lost _all_ of my pictures. If I have 8 1GB cards, then I only lose a small percentage.

Meh. Oh well… expensive lesson I suppose. Hopefully someone on eBay will have a use for it.

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]]> By: Matt Simpson http://www.mattsimpson.ca/2006/11/29/the-simpsons-are-going-to-england/comment-page-1#comment-1563 Matt Simpson Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:44:57 +0000 http://www.mattsimpson.ca/2006/11/29/the-simpsons-are-going-to-england/#comment-1563 Just a follow up to my gloating of getting a 4GB compact flash card for $100... Yeah, so I got it in the mail, put it in my camera and was immediately annoyed when it took 30 seconds to save a blinkin' image. After a few pictures were taken, I tried to download them to my Powerbook... no suck luck. After a quick Google search, I came across a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/photo_camera_comp.html" rel="nofollow">Seagate web page</a> that reads: <blockquote>Q: My Photo Drive is painfully slow while formatting, taking several consecutive pictures, and while previewing captured images. I have a Canon Digital Rebel XT*. What's wrong? A: There is a known incompatibility with the latest released camera firmware (1.0.3) and the current drive firmware. This causes the observed slow performance. Check the firmware version on the camera menu. If you have recently purchased your Digital Rebel XT (* a.k.a. EOS 350D or Kiss Digital N), the camera firmware is most likely to be 1.0.3. The previous firmware ,version 1.0.2, works well with our drives. A similar issue has also been seen with the Canon EOS 20D and the recently released camera firmware 2.0.3. For this camera firmware 2.0.2 works well with our drives. Q: How can I resolve the problem? A: New drive firmware has been developed and tested for effectiveness in resolving this issue. Please contact your nearest Seagate warranty center for an exchange.</blockquote> Arg... so the $100 compact flash card is now $107 because I had to ship it off to Seagate to get the damn firmware upgraded. Figures ;) I'll post another comment when I get it back to see how it went. ~Matt Just a follow up to my gloating of getting a 4GB compact flash card for $100… Yeah, so I got it in the mail, put it in my camera and was immediately annoyed when it took 30 seconds to save a blinkin’ image. After a few pictures were taken, I tried to download them to my Powerbook… no suck luck.

After a quick Google search, I came across a Seagate web page that reads:

Q: My Photo Drive is painfully slow while formatting, taking several consecutive pictures, and while previewing captured images. I have a Canon Digital Rebel XT*. What’s wrong?

A: There is a known incompatibility with the latest released camera firmware (1.0.3) and the current drive firmware. This causes the observed slow performance.

Check the firmware version on the camera menu. If you have recently purchased your Digital Rebel XT (* a.k.a. EOS 350D or Kiss Digital N), the camera firmware is most likely to be 1.0.3. The previous firmware ,version 1.0.2, works well with our drives.

A similar issue has also been seen with the Canon EOS 20D and the recently released camera firmware 2.0.3. For this camera firmware 2.0.2 works well with our drives.

Q: How can I resolve the problem?

A: New drive firmware has been developed and tested for effectiveness in resolving this issue. Please contact your nearest Seagate warranty center for an exchange.

Arg… so the $100 compact flash card is now $107 because I had to ship it off to Seagate to get the damn firmware upgraded. Figures ;) I’ll post another comment when I get it back to see how it went.

~Matt

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